Synchronicity, Documented

But if people don’t see it themselves, they often question the nature of the event and decide that it was probably just a coincidence.

“You won’t believe what happened,” someone else says.

“Yeah,” people think. “Quite the stroke of luck.”

Most people have learned to dismiss unexplainable events, thinking they’re just good fortune, happenstance, or chance. Without proof, I guess most people don’t think it’s important to take the time to investigate them. In 1998, I began to seek understanding of events that defied explanation because they had started to happen in my life. I learned to pay close attention as they continued, but I never dreamed I’d ever have documentation.

After the first event happened, a friend gave me a copy of a book that was similar to The Treasury of Miracles for Women by Karen Kingsbury. Prior to 1998, whenever I heard these kinds of stories, I remember thinking they were probably just luck or chance, so even though I was astounded by what had happened to me, over time I started to feel like no one would ever really care about it.

After a second event happened in 2002, I remembered the book and thought, “I wonder if any of those people ever experienced anything else. Unfortunately, I’ll never know.”

As time moved forward, events continued to occur that were amazing gifts, but I was dealing with the challenges of being a single parent with two small children, extricating myself from a failed marriage, then, a few years later, losing a home, and during that time my writing was focused on women’s issues.

In 2012 a third event convinced me to switch gears and write a memoir, but I began to see that other people had bigger, better stories with theories and concepts that applied to everyone, and mine seemed to just apply to me. So as I worked on my story, I still wasn’t sure if anyone would ever care about it.

In 2014, an unexpected trip to the library enabled me to figure out that a number of the theories and concepts referred to above really didn’t apply to everyone, so I switched gears again and published a book about what I discovered called Critical Revelations in the Realm of Contemporary Spirituality. But in April of that year, something else happened that I never thought could be possible (I’m not sure why since I’d been experiencing lots of things that already fit that description).

In a series of steps I took over a short period of time in my effort to connect with writers, I realized I had a couple of pieces of documentation of an amazing phenomenon called synchronicity — connections that cause a psychological jolt because they are extremely unlikely and intensely personal.

Through 2015, I went through another huge upheaval in my life, making a major move, but in early 2016 another event occurred that I was able to document. Then, within a couple of weeks, another. A few more months occurred between the next ones, so I didn’t think about putting the collection together until November 2016 when I realized I had experienced two more events that actually revolved around the concept of synchronicity.

As I was working on Synchronicity, Documented, an event occurred that involved my favorite numbers 2, 3 and 6, but since there wasn’t much to it, I shared it when it happened and decided to include it here, as well.

Two notes about this event:

1) As I was talking to someone about the book, I realized that I mention my favorite numbers in the story called, The Unmistakable Red Rows, and people might think, “So what.” Here you can see that they showed up again.

2) A conversation that occurred on 7-7-17 enabled me to see that by including this story, people might think that all of the events that have occurred are as simple as this. They are not. In some of the events there are direct connections to who I am, the meaning of most of the events is clear to see, and the connections include The Police (the band that created the song Synchronicity), Carl Jung, Horus, zeitgeist, and the wind of change.

I was driving to the University to see my youngest daughter, Amber, and realized I was seeing my favorite numbers a lot. So when I saw them on a house to my right, I thought, “Fine. I am going to try to get a shot of it, blurred or not.” I snapped a couple of shots, and traffic moved ahead to the next light. When we stopped, I looked at the car in front of me and realized it had the next sequence of numbers. I grabbed my phone and took the shot as quickly as I could. The time stamps show that they were taken within one minute of each other.

So, you might be thinking, “I have been able to document these events, but are they really that special?”

Yes. What I am experiencing is incredibly beautiful, and I believe that while they are deeply meaningful for me, there is also meaning for others and I am being given the stories to share for that purpose. I believe God communicates with us in ways that are unique to each of us, in ways that pull us out of the ordinary, in life altering events that compel us to share the stories with others no matter what anyone else thinks.

Synchronicity is just one of a number of kinds of events I’ve experienced. That’s why I am hoping to connect with you via e-mail. So you can see why I dismissed some things and how I started to recognize others. So you can see the path I took and how I began to be able to piece everything together. Perhaps it will help you begin to see how God is working in your life and in the lives of those around you, if you aren’t already.

I’ve got a lot of work to do on my memoir, so it’s going to take a while to finish it, but I believe it contains critical perspectives about life and God that need to be heard. Those of you who know me know that I don’t post a lot of content, so you don’t have to worry about getting tons of e-mails, but I hope you will be interested in hearing more about my journey after you read Synchronicity, Documented.

I will look forward to hearing your thoughts and finding out about your experiences, as well!

One more incredible fact about Synchronicity, Documented

At first, I was going to use the subtitle, “The First Documented Examples of This Elusive Phenomenon.”

But, as I was working on the cover, one thing after another kept causing delays, and I was getting really frustrated. I also kept wondering, “Am I really the first?” I had never seen anything from anyone else, so I figured I had to be. Still, there was a nagging concern.

Then one afternoon when I was visiting the Synchronicity Facebook page, I saw a post from Steve Johnson (at right), and it confirmed that I wasn’t the first person to document events that are defined as synchronicity even though the way Johnson is experiencing them is different than the way I am.

All of the delays enabled me to avoid making an incorrect claim.

As you can see from the screenshot at the lower right, I started calling my publication “FINAL” on March 14. Johnson’s post occurred on March 15, and Synchronicity, Documented went to the webmaster in early April.

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All this is good, but you haven’t seen nothing near as extraordinary as what I have experienced. I literally experienced miracles. If you want to hear a real testimony, then get in touch with me. Maybe you can help me write a book about my supernatural experiences. I have experienced synchronicity too, but it is hard to explain.

I am really excited to hear that you have also been experiencing remarkable events in your life! It is very difficult to figure out how to talk about them. I have been working on it for a long time and have a memoir I need to work on but I keep having to deal with other priorities. I will check out your blog and hope we can stay connected as we both move forward with sharing our astonishing journeys!

I was impressed with the level of detail particularly the visuals that you used to clarify and illustrate the concepts of Synchronicity.

Some of the word pictures you created were also so apt, I particularly liked the one about the turning of the cosmic wheel and the pins in the vaulted door aligning! It profoundly helped me to realise that we are so much part of the process of life with the way even our small actions or even thoughts can alter the turn of events. And how we see the hand of guidance in the form of Synchronicity from God’s guidance being made visible.

Your clarity of how God works in your life is exhaustive (Good) and illustrates how when a person takes notice of every event in their lives, the meaning is given to life.

Of course, I am not the most critical of people to challenge synchronicity because I totally believe in it myself, so I can’t comment on whether an “unbeliever” would find it persuasive. But of course that isn’t the point, the point is you have illustrated so clearly how you have understood God to be working in your life and that is totally clear from your very comprehensive detail.

I found the way you managed the revealing of the synchronous connections easy to absorb where it could have been quite challenging, and you did it by positioning it in the context of your daily life so that readers could easily see themselves in your position.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments. I am so glad to hear that you enjoyed it!

One thing I have noticed in a couple of the events is the immediacy. In the story of the Unmistakable Red Rows, I didn’t scroll through my feed to find the post about Gomer. It was on my screen the moment I opened Facebook that night. And it took me a while to realize that it wasn’t just one thing. It was Gomer and the red “rows.”

I experienced that kind of immediacy in an event that occurred between Monday and Tuesday. On Monday I talked to my daughter about taking Calcium/Magnesium supplements. I used to take Calcium/Magnesium/Zinc supplements, but for some reason didn’t mention the Zinc. Then I saw a post from one of the members of a Synchronicity group post about synchronicity and the benefits of magnesium, so I shared it with my daughter, but again I didn’t mention Zinc. When I went to FB, the first post I saw, which was right below the Magnesium/Synchronicity post was from a company called ZINC. I took a screenshot, so I could share it with him, but I don’t have proof that I was thinking about it.

What amazes me is how personal these events are. I replied to one person recently who mentioned mathematical probability, but I said, “Even though there is probability in the world, does that mean God can’t be doing it, too?”

In addition, I have experienced many premonitions and feelings of being directed. Probability can’t explain that.

I can’t prove any of that. But I know other people are experiencing it. You will see how I was informed in Critical Revelations and you will see a couple of examples of people sharing premonitions and/or synchronicity toward the end. Premonitions occur in every one of the main stories of my memoir.